Cant get him to not fly away from me...

[Crisco]

well iread some of the other posts and they didnt really cover this although it was asked no one answered anything too helpful..pretty much my problem is that my IRN Pee-wee is learning he wont get his way with biting me or screaming..i bought him 2 weeks ago. now when ever he does nip me it is really softly but i dont think he trusts me yet. he is kinda learning to step up but whenever i try to sit with him or something he always jumps off and away from me to ...well anywhere that isnt around me. he would always jump onto this little palm tree we have in the house and i would just kinda let him be while i watched tv near him...well this didnt help much either so now whenever i let him in i remove the palm tree but now he flys off to under the table. i know that parrots learn by consequence so whenever he goes somewhere i dont want him to go...i actually go where he wants to go so that he has nowhere to get away to...i know it kinda sounds like im bugging him but i dont understand y he doesnt like me so much...his wings r clipped and when i approach him i do it slowly and calmly but does anyone have tips on how to stop him from flying away? he is very persistent and does it reapeatedly even after picking him up again and again..he is always quiet in his cage..though when i bought pee wee i put a parakeet in with him 4 company but i dont really think he likes him so much so ill take it out tomorro...his cage is small..for now but i try and make up for this by letting him free inside the house from about 10am to 4pm.
also...his eyes are brownish greyish...i was wondering if when they get older they change to blue cuz the irn adults i have seen in pics usually have blue eyes...they told me it was a he..he does look young(about a year, no sign of black ring yet) so idk but will his eyes change color to blue or r there just diff types of eyes for these birds...he is green. srry 4 the assay

[ringneck]

Hey Crisco,

Just reading your post and I got a few comments. It's wonderful you did clip the wings as this really does make the bird more dependent upon you--bravo. Now, you said that the bird is caged with a parakeet—not a good idea. Parakeets are so small and very fragile—one bite and your poor little budgie is going to need an emergency visit to the vet and you can bet that’s going to cost you a lot. Secondly, your ringneck needs to be with you if you wish to tame him—the more you interact with him the more he’ll enjoy your company. Take your budgie and place him into a cage of his own and away from your ringneck.

Also, it sounds like your ringneck is about 4-5 months old by the way you described the eyes—correct? They turn yellow around 7-8 months. As of right now, you can handle your bird and that’s great as you are ahead of the game. Take him into a room that’s unfamiliar such as the bathroom and start holding him there (sit in the tub and just talk to him). This unfamiliar environment will hopefully get him to cling on you more as you are the only thing familiar to him.

Usually I would suggest a positive reinforcement program; however, you did say u can hold him and that he is quite young—so my tactics are quite different this time. You need to do this for a few hours each day—and I mean everyday—if you want to see progress. The more you interact with him the tamer the bird will become.

Make sure to bring some treats with you to feed him. Reward him for sitting on your hand—then progressively work towards touching him. Take it a step at a time. Please do a post and you’ll see there is so much information here! And oh, please keep us updated! Hope this helps my friend!

Best Wishes ,

IMRAN-C

[Crisco]

yeah today i took him to my firends and he has a ringneck as well...he actually seemed way nicer after we left his house..we just let the 2 birds chill while we ran a few errands at walmart and stuff...Do u think the small cage has much to do with him being scared? like i said i try and make up for this by letting him out of his cage from like 10 or so to around 4 or 5...which is cool cuz its around his bedtime anyways right? idk he just doesnt seem really happy and i dont know what to do. He still flyes away from me and i would really like to know how i can discourage him from flying from me or to an undesired area of the house like that palm tree i mentioned earlier...or under the table. 1 of the main reasons i think he seems sad to me is that he doesnt really ever eat the rewards i give him. he might bite it 1 time and then completely ignore it...this is usually fruits like apples and peaches or jalapenos and grapes...i have also not seen him do any preening watsoever and have never heard him make a single noise other then when he yells at me to back off when he has landed on a corner and i walk over to pick him up...also! his eyes have like this yellowish/orange-ish color around the brown/gray part of his eyes but will his eyes eventually turn blue like that irn header on this site? that would be awesome...and the seller told me he was about 7 months to a year...i see no black ring yet tho..just a slight green one...BUT he still has a few gray feathers so im thinking he could be younger that a year...ill try and get a few pics of him up soon so u guys can see approximately what age u guys think he is. thanks!

[Crisco]

bump.

[ellieelectrons]

Hi Crisco

IRNs get their ring at about 2 years of age (I think). Although, I just read this post from OliveIRN and they say: "As for the ring, it can appear as early as when the bird is 1 and a half years old but will be fully visible when the bird is three years old." which I think is probably more accurate. We have a two year old with no ring although DNA sexing says she is a female so I'm thinking that must be accurate and a male (at least DNS sexing thinks he's a male) 8 month old lutino who doesn't have a ring yet.

I have some ideas for making him more friendly towards you... When we brought our lutino (Charlie) home, although he had been hand raised he was really frightened of us. I think that although he was handraised he may not have had constant interaction with humans - probably mostly feedings. I didn't want to force myself on him, so I started with trying to give him treats. You have to try a few different treats. Some birds like nuts, others like sunflower seeds, some might like a particular fruit, others might like bits of wood to chomp or other toys. With Charlie, I couldn't even get him to take a treat from my hand, so I started with feeding him from a baby's spoon. I'd put the treat on the spoon and feed it to him. It wasn't long before he loved the sight of that spoon. I gradually moved the spoon closer to my hand and with a lot of patience it wasn't long before he was eating out of my hand and was happy to get onto my hand.... and now he loves interacting with me and my husband. Early on, I trained him to do a "turnaround" on his gym. Teaching them to do tricks serves to bond them with you further and this trick is a good one to start with because it doesn't rely on you touching the bird to do it.

Best wishes for you and your RN.